8 Closing Activities to Wrap Up a Lesson. There’s not always enough time, but a few minutes at the end of a class period are all it takes to surface and correct misunderstandings, emphasize key points, and consolidate recently learned content. And the right closing activities can do double duty—they help teachers check for understanding while engaging students in a fun pursuit that makes learning stick. To learn how to check for understanding using the exercises shown in the video, visit these sources: Three W’s from Ann Sipe, via Richmond County School System. 27 Super-Smart, Teacher-Tested Closing Activities. In the last few minutes of class, students’ minds are often focused on what awaits outside the classroom door—lunch, a pop quiz, a group presentation, unfinished homework, a chat with friends.
But when students “abruptly go onto the next class” without a moment to make sense of what they just learned, we miss a valuable opportunity to reinforce newly acquired learning, says Sarrah Saasa, an economics teacher at the pre-K to 12 Riverside School in Ahmedabad, India. “We want to understand whether they’ve understood the concepts, so we close the loop with reflection.” Just like “contracting your bicep at the top of a dumbbell curl,” quick reflective closure activities “squeeze extra oomph into a lesson,” writes Todd Finley, a professor of English education at East Carolina University. They’re an opportunity to surface and correct misunderstandings, emphasize key points, and consolidate recently learned content. Plus, they can help plot out important next steps in instruction. English teaching resources. PhoTransEdit (English Phonetic Transcription) Text to Phonetics.
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